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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware, wheel thrown with extensive openwork and incised decoration, coated in a green glaze
History note: Nicolas Adda, Constantine, Algeiria from whom purchased in January 1906 for 8 francs by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1900
CE
The vendor in 1906 insisted that this jar was made in Constantine, but Glaisher thought it probably came from Tunis. The current view is that it is Moroccan.
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( green)
Lid
Diameter 12.8 cm
Rim
Diameter 13 cm
Base
Diameter 894 g
Throwing
: Earthenware, wheel thrown with extensive openwork and incised decoration, coated in a green glaze
Glazing
Carving
Inscription present: hand written in black ink directly onto the object surface
Accession number: C.1997 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72946
Old object number: 2535
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Incense burner with lid" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72946 Accessed: 2024-12-18 20:39:08
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